Facts About Love Will Keep us Together Lyrics and Neil Sedaka

“Love Will Keep Us Together” is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, first recorded by Sedaka himself. Captain & Tennille’s cover version was a worldwide hit in 1975.

The song first appeared on Neil Sedaka’s 1973 album The Tra-La Days Are Over which did not have a US release, his version of the song making its US album debut on the 1974 compilation album Sedaka’s Back. It was released as a single in France, however, on the Polydor label. In West Germany, Sedaka’s original was also included as the B-side of his 1976 hit, “Love in the Shadows.”

“Love Will Keep Us Together” had its first single release via a UK recording by Mac and Katie Kissoon on September 28, 1973, but it failed to chart. This version also failed to chart in its US release in February 1974; however, it did become the first hit version of “Love Will Keep Us Together” by virtue of charting in the Netherlands in the autumn of 1973, peaking at #12 that December.

“Love Will Keep Us Together” won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in February 1976.